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'I've Done A Lot More For A Lot Less!!' Learn How Ends THE OFFICE!!
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This week Steve Carell said his stated intention to leave NBC's top-rated scripted series at the end of next season is not a negotiation ploy; he's looking to spend more time with his kids.
This Week:
The Cover-Up (6.24)
Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
Directed by Rainn Wilson.
Michael suspects Donna is cheating on him and puts P.I. Dwight Schrute on the case. Meanwhile, Andy is frustrated when no one takes his customer’s complaint seriously.
May 13:
The Chump (6.25)
Written by Aaron Shure.
Directed by Randall Einhorn.
Michael is surprisingly cheerful after learning some bad news about Donna. The new parents, Pam and Jim, have trouble staying awake in the office. Meanwhile, Angela takes matters into her own hands when Dwight refuses to honor their contract.
May 20:
Whistleblower (6.26)
Written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan.
Directed by Paul Lieberstein.
Season finale. The press finds out that Sabre’s printers catch on fire. Jo (Kathy Bates) shows up to the office in hopes of finding out who the whistleblower is. Everyone suspects Andy, who adamantly denies he leaked the information.
A season finale twist resides in invisotext. The new TV Guide reveals Dwight will become the Scranton branch’s new landlord.
Scenes deleted from last week’s “Body Language”:
Deleted from last week’s “94 Meetings”:
"Community": 8 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
"Parks and Recreation": 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
"The Office": 9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
"30 Rock": 9:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
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Written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.
Directed by Rainn Wilson.
Michael suspects Donna is cheating on him and puts P.I. Dwight Schrute on the case. Meanwhile, Andy is frustrated when no one takes his customer’s complaint seriously.
Written by Aaron Shure.
Directed by Randall Einhorn.
Michael is surprisingly cheerful after learning some bad news about Donna. The new parents, Pam and Jim, have trouble staying awake in the office. Meanwhile, Angela takes matters into her own hands when Dwight refuses to honor their contract.
Written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan.
Directed by Paul Lieberstein.
Season finale. The press finds out that Sabre’s printers catch on fire. Jo (Kathy Bates) shows up to the office in hopes of finding out who the whistleblower is. Everyone suspects Andy, who adamantly denies he leaked the information.
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Whatever, in three years I have never been able to do this. This is a proud day.
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makes me super excited for next season. That would be an excellent plot device.
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They could make a Saturday Morning "Office Babies" cartoon show with little or no format change.
After 6 seasons, the characters have become cartoonish. The emotional and intellectual sophistication of the characters have become that of Lil' Kermie, Scooter or Skeeter.
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What the hell does that mean?
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beiber's German remark was probabaly the most micheal scott thing i've seen in real life
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otherwise, it doesn't much matter. It's lost three steps this season.
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David Brent. That would be interesting...
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I always said that when the office ends, they should have someone who they build up the whole episode as one of the best in the paper business and then the last scene have david come out of the office.
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by me saying that, it would be to obvious the ending, so they won't do it. hehe.
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A new salesman will be brought in by the name of Scott Michaels he will work his way up and then become manger on the last episode when steve carell leaves. the Actor will be a familair face, some TV death watch guy like Ted McGinley
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See, in English, we can do that - rearrange certain words in a sentence - and still have it mean the same thing. "Ends" is a verb in that sentence and goes with the noun "Office" as part of the conjunction that starts with "how." Of course, "learn" is the verb (an imperative one, at that) and "you" is the understood subject of the commanding, imperative verb.
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Well I hope the show ends when Steve leaves at least. I've been a fan for years but the last season or two has been weak. Why can't American shows just resolve to go out on a high note after 4 or 5 solid seasons? Or less even? So many shows are ruined by mediocre or just plain terrible runs late in their life.
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The director of the documentary tells his cameraman "that's a wrap."
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Okay, the NBC version is funny. But the BBC version is in a class by itself.
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Involving the documentary cameraman releasing a tape online of Dwight giving it to Angela.
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May 06, 2010 9:11:39 AM CDT
The Bicycle Sharer - just step out of a time machine?
by irishraidersfan
It reads like 'Middle English' (well, not quite) but it's hardly decent, modern journalistic prose, now is it?
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Without Carell, he is the center of the show, I cant see anyone stepping into the role and the show being nearly as funny. The rest of the cast cannot carry the show on their own, if they continue the show i'd be surprised if it lasts another full season. But we shall see.
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Bathman, just admit you are jealous of his teenage sexiness.
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....the American version of The Office is so unfunny, so bad it's painful. Can't believe anyone watches it, much less enjoys it. So unsubtle and badly played compared to the original - not to mention it's gone on waaaay to long.
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It's not really any funnier then the american version, and the american version gets a one up because it's characters are a lot more likable, plus with a longer tenure on TV, the american version can be said to be more funny because it's given us more laughs. I know people like to hate anything american or remakes, but i gotta say that the truth is that NBC's the office is a much better show then the BBC version
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They are two different entities, each appropriate to their audience, both are funny, so shut the hell up about that.
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Time after time you've shown yourself to be a complete and utter moron. I'm not even saying this because you dislike the British version of The Office. If you prefer the US version, then fair enough, that's your opinion. Personally, I prefer the British version (it's so much darker and more subtle), but the US version is enjoyable in its own way. I treat them as two entirely different shows. The reason you're a stupid cunt is that you spout total shit. I'm no Justin Bieber fan, in fact, I hardly know who the kid is. But a simple Google search of 'Bieber german' revealed that he did know what 'German' was, and it was the New Zealand interviewer's thick accent that made him think he was saying 'Jewman', hence Bieber's response of 'We don't use that word in America'. Further more, Bieber is aware of his family's Germanic background and can in fact count to ten in German. And it's not just your comments on this thread that make you look fucking retarded, you've demonstrated your complete ignorance on various other threads that I've read lately. Anyone in any doubt about that, please see Merrick's "The N.W.A. Movie Gets A Writer..." thread. Bathman's IQ is revealed to be shockingly low indeed.
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Different shows, different but overlapping audiences, both pretty good in their own way, but neither are beyond criticism. I always found the UK version just a bit too cringeworthy at times (awkward cringworthy, not bad cringeworthy) and I feel that it ended a bit too abruptly. I feel it works much better as a drama with funny parts, which is what Gervais probably intended (see Extras). The U.S. version is definitely getting long in the tooth, and needs a definitive end date. The characters are more like caricatures at this point. They need something to build toward. The U.S. version circa season 2 onward decided to be a comedy with dramatic elements, and for that, it keeps me laughing, so I keep watching. Nerds ruin everything by inventing a pissing contest where there isn't one.
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what with some of the cast getting behind the camera, it got me thinking of who else i would like to see direct the office. would love the guy who plays kevin to direct. i'd imagine his episode to be like a michael haneke film.
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Fuckin' whiny snot-nosed little brats...
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May 06, 2010 12:35:36 PM CDT
My Lord, are people still doing the US/UK Office comparisons?
by richard cranium
Just stop. Nobody cares.
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Isn't he an exec producer of the show anyway?
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"...with a longer tenure on TV, the american version can be said to be more funny because it's given us more laughs."
Derp de derp de teetly top de tum. -
The only example of a show that started in the UK that became a US version and was better all around in America. Admit it, you've seen at least one episode of either version.
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This interweb thing is really going downhill.
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...But will we find out that sabre guy is the scranton strangler?
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Didn't the US show move far out of the UK show's shadow years ago? It's really an apples & oranges situation at this point. The only things the two shows have in common at this point is a title and basic premise. Everything else has moves in very different directions...
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Two totally different shows, especially in terms of the humour. I'm not saying one is funnier than the other because that's pointless when it comes to humour (we all have our own idea of what's 'funny'), but they've diverged so much now that it's stupid to compare them. And Ricky Gervais recently said on his blog in answer to the question 'Am I going to appear in an episode (of the US Office)?' - never say never. I'd love to see Brent pop up in the very last episode of the US Office.
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I've heard that a lot, and since moving to the States I've noticed that kind of comedy really doesn't go down too well over here. My wife can't watch stuff like Alan Partridge because she just doesn't see the appeal in watching someone suffer in a comedy environment. Yet in England, they fucking love that stuff and that's why Gervais added all those awkward pauses and uncomfortable moments of silence in his original version. The US version just wouldn't have worked on NBC with the same style, hence it having a lighter tone and heading off in it's own direction, and more power to it for doing so.
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Really? Well, here's some ME:In Surrye whilom dwelte a compaignyeOf chapmen riche, and therto sadde and trewe,That wyde-where senten hir spicerye,
Clothes of gold, and satyns riche of hewe.Hir chaffare was so thrifty and so neweThat every wight hath deyntee to chaffareWith hem, and eek to sellen hem hir ware.That reads the same to you as "how ends The Office" or "find out how finished the game" or "how ran the race" or "see how spoke the politicians at tonight's debate?" Wow, I guess there's no accounting for reading comprehension.You see, once again, subject-verb order can be switched in English for effect.And, just so we're clear here, irishraidersfan, Director91 didn't say that it sounded "archaic" (which is, I think, the intended effect), but rather that he didn't understand it. Like somehow, understanding escapes him if the order of the words is SLIGHTLY reversed.Is it decent, modern journalistic prose (i.e., written for a retarded third grader with dyslexia), no. But, again, that isn't what was said. He said he didn't understand it and I endeavored to explain it to him.And as art123guy way more succinctly pointed out, it's how Yoda would say it. What the fuck's confusing about that? "Strong, are you with the Force" or "begun, the Clone Wars has." This isn't fucking Euler's formula here, archaic, Middle English, or indecent, non-modern, journalistic prose notwithstanding. -
I like both versions of the show, but in small doses. Too many of either, back to back to back, annoys me. But I do love 'em both, just in moderation.
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Some people just don't 'get it', do they?
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IMO, would be a cool replacement for Steve Carrell. Imagine him coming in as Bates' ne'r-do-well son, whom she's trying to groom to someday take over the company. I think his energy could bring much needed life to the show. The possibilities are endless....
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May 06, 2010 5:22:59 PM CDT
What happened to the Michael Scott meet David Brent crossover?
by drunkenbusboy
I thought it was officially announced that Ricky Gervais would appear on the US version of The Office this season as David Brent! Is this not happening or is it for next season?
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May 06, 2010 5:23:45 PM CDT
Yesterday was Monty Python's Michael Palin's 67 birthday!
by drunkenbusboy
Just sayin!
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I think sometimes people see a decline in quality when really it's their interest in the show that's diminished from overexposure. I know that's been true for me in the past, there have been shows that I thought got worse in the fourth or fifth season that, revisiting them, I realize I just had gotten tired of the show in general and the show itself was pretty good.
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As others have probably noted.
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is very sound if you are a douchebag >:/
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if she is boinking another guy? I guess he will if he really loves her, so I guess the question is: Does he really love her?
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NBC has been on a roll tonight.
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That printer fire scared him straight.
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http://tinyurl.com/32tqev7
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Saving Lance Armstrong's life is a big deal.
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Dwight in the exercise class was the funniest part.
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http://tinyurl.com/3ax94k2
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http://tinyurl.com/3yrtr9g
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was the first time I laughed out loud at 30 Rock all season.
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One of the few eps this season I actually caught myself laughing out loud repeatedly...Imagine that!
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Their 'talk higher' bit with the printer on fire was the night's highlight for me... good, good stuff.
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dropped so many balls that could be really funny
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Most accurate TV dialogue I've heard in a good while. Seriously, her ass looked awesomely firm in that gym outfit. In fact its so good I wouldn't care if she was married and would just enjoy the ride.
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O cheee
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